Amusement apparatus



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BY TAX-4% 9W HIS ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 16, 1936 UNETED STATES mazes PATENT OFFIQE 41 Claims.

This invention relates to an amusement apparatus.

It is an object of this invention to provide an amusement apparatus which is relatively simple 5 and inexpensive in construction and efiicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide in an amusement apparatus the combination of: a cabinet having a sight opening formed therein;

10 a web of indicia-bearing or penetrable material in said cabinet; a member movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet and including a portion engageable with said web for perforating the same; and means including a member movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet for advancing the said web in a step by step movement so as to move the portion of the same perforated or engaged by the said first named member into registration with said sight opening.

: Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be understood best by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of the new game apparatus with part of the cabinet broken away to show the arrange- 30 ment of the various operating parts of the mechanism embodied in the invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2--2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on line 3-3 in 35 Fig. 1, showing certain parts of the apparatus in section and showing certain other parts in elevation;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on line 3-4 in Fig. 1; and

to Fig. 5 is a detail view taken on line 5--5 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which a preferred form of the present invention is illustrated, the reference numeral I0 indicates generally an 45 amusement device which comprises a cabinet II.

Slidably mounted in the end wall 81 of the cabinet II is a coin slide I2, and carried by the inner end portion of the coin slide I2 (right hand end portion as seen in Fig. 2) is an angled ex- 50 tension I i which is engageable with a laterally projecting pin I5 which is carried by a member I6. This member I6 is loosely mounted, that is, floats, on a horizontal shaft H which is arranged in the cabinet II below the top wall 11 55 thereof (Fig. 2), and when the coin slide I2 is moved inwardly (from left to right, Fig. 2), the angled end portion or extension It thereof engages the pin I5 of the bar. I5 and rotates or pivots the latter (clockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 2) against the action of a resetting spring 32 which is attached to the bar It (Fig. 2).

Pivotally mounted on the member I6 is a pawl I8, and this pawl I8 is engageable with the teeth 26 of a ratchet I9 which is fixed on the shaft I1, 10 and the pawl I8 is urged into engagement with the teeth 28 of the ratchet I9 by means of a small spring 2I (Fig. 5). Pivotally connected to the member I6, as at 23, is a latch member 22 which has a hooked end portion 24 (Fig. 2), and this hooked end portion 24 of the latch member 22 is latchingly engageable with a latch keeper 25 (Fig. 2) The latch keeper 25 is pivotally mounted in the cabinet II, as at 21', upon a vertical supporting wall 26, and attached to the latch keeper is a small spring 28 which urges the latch keeper in a counterclockwise direction (Fig. 2). Movement of the latch keeper 25 is, however, restricted by means of a pin 29 which is attached to the latch keeper 25 and which works 25 in a slot 30 which is formed in the vertical wall 26 of the cabinet II (Fig. 2)

Engageable With the teeth 20 of the ratchet I 9 is. a dog 33, and clockwise movement of the ratchet I9 (as seen in Fig. 2) is prevented by the 30 action of the dog 33 which permits movement of the ratchet IS in a counterclockwise manner only (Fig. 2).

Mounted upon the supporting Wall 26 is a dashpot 34 which includes a piston rod 35, and this 35 piston rod 35 is operatively connected to the member I6 by means of a link mechanism 3536, this link mechanism 35-36 serving to retard any abrupt motion of the member I6 which might result from the action of the tensioned resetting spring 32 upon the member IS.

The angled inner end portion I 4 of the coin slide I2 is engageable with a depending extension 31 of a resilient spring member 38 which is pivotally mounted between its ends, as at 39, on the supporting wall 26 (Fig. 2). Attached to the upper end portion of the member 38 (Fig. 4) is a fiat perforated metal plate 40, the perforations in this plate 40 being so arranged that they are normally disposed out of vertical alignment or registration with the lower end portions or stems M of a bank of keys or push buttons 42 which are slidably mounted in a casing l8 which is arranged in an opening provided therefor in the top wall 11 of the cabinet II (Fig. 3), the stem portions 4| of the keys or push buttons 42 being adapted to engage the web- 51 for the purpose of perforating or otherwise marking or inscribing the same.

Slidably mounted in the casing 18 upon the stems 4| of the keys or push buttons 42 is an apertured plate 43, and attached to the plate 43 is a depending arm 44 which extends downwardly in the cabinet through a guide member 45 which is attached to the wall 26 (Fig. 4). The lower end portion of the depending arm 44 rides or bears upon a pin 46 which is attached to one arm of a bell crank 41, and this bell crank 4! is pivotally mounted, as at 48, upon the supporting wall 26. Pivotally connected to the bell crank 41, as at 56, (Fig. 3) is an arm 49, and carried by this arm 49 is a pin 5|.

When the depending bar 44 is moved downwardly by the action of one of the keys or push buttons 4 |42, the lower end portion of the member 44 engages the laterally projecting pin 46 which is carried by the bell crank 41, thereby pivoting the bell crank 41 (counterclockwise, Fig. 4). This movement of the bell crank 41 moves the arm 49 (left to right, Fig. 4) thereby moving the pin 5|, which is carried by the arm 49, into engagement with the depending arm or portion 52 of a latch dog 53, the dog 53 being urged by a spring 55 (Fig. 4) into engagement with a notched portion 8| which is provided in a slide rod 54, this slide rod 54 being slidably mounted in the cabinet H for vertical movement and having a knob or finger grip 19 at its upper end (Fig; 3) This knob or finger grip 19 is disposed exteriorly of the cabinet about the top wall 11 thereof.

Floating on the shaft I1 is a web-advancing roll 56 to which is attached one end portion of a web of indicia-bearing material 51. This web of indiciabearing or penetrable material 51 is guided about a guide roll 58 which has arranged upon its outer periphery a number of small lugs 59 which are engageable in similar perforations provided in the web 51 which is fed from a feed roll 60 (Fig. 3).

The guide roll 58 is free to rotate about its shaft 64, and also floating on the shaft 64 is a ratchet 65 which is attached to the guide roll 58 by means of pins 66 (Fig. 4). A latch dog 61 is pivotally mounted, as at 68, upon the supporting wall 26, and this dog 61 has an extension or arm 69 which rides upon the peripheral surface of the ratchetwheel 65, this arm 69 being engageable in a recess or notched portion 19 which is formed in the periphery of the ratchet wheel 65. i

The dog 61 also includes an arm H, and this arm normally rides out 'of engagement with the pins 66, but is engageable with the pins 66 so as to force the arm 69 of the dog 61 into engagement with the recess or notched portion 10 which is formed in the ratchet 65.

The dog 6'! also has an angled extension or arm 12 (Figs. 3 and 4), and this extension or arm 72 is engageable with an angled extension 13 of a member 83 which is pivotally mounted, as at 84, upon the slide bar 54-19 (Fig. 3), so that when the slide bar 54 is forced downwardly (from full to dotted line position, Fig. 3) the arm 13 of the member 83 engages the extension 12 of the dog 61 and thereby pivots the dog 67, at 68, (clockwise, Fig. 4) thereby moving the arm 69 of the dog 61 out of latching engagement with the notched portion 10 of the ratchet 65, the dog 61 being normally urged by a spring 82 (in a counterclockwise direction, Fig. 4), so as to project the arm 69 thereof into the notched position 70 of the ratchet 61.

A spring 15 normally keeps the slide bar 54 in raised or full line position (Fig. 3) and a spring 14 urges the member 83 in a clockwise direction (Fig. 3), movement of the member 83 under action of the spring 14 being limited by a stop 85 which is carried by the slide bar 54.

Operation (counterclockwise, Fig. 2) moves the apertured plate 40 in a direction (left to right, Fig. 4) to dispose the perforations 86 therein in vertical alignment or registration with the stems 4| of the keys or push buttons 42, so that the stems 4| of the pushbuttons 42 may be pressed downwardly into engagement with the web 51. The operator of the amusement device may then, by pressing down upon any preselected one of the keys or push buttons 4|42, cause the stems 4| of the same to engage and form a perforation 16 (Fig. 1) in the web 51; it being noted that the thus perforated portion of the web 51 is at this time disposed out of registration with the sight opening (Fig. 1).

When the coin slide I2 is pushed in (left to right, Fig. 2), the member l6, being pivoted (clockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 2), moves the latch bar 22 (from right to left, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 2), thereby causing the hooked end portion 24 of the latch member 22 to become latchingly engaged with the latch keeper 25, and at the same time causing the pawl l8 which is carried by the member Hi to move over the teeth 20 of the ratchet |9 (clockwise, Fig. 2).

The web 51 may be provided with any desired indicia for the purpose of vending merchandise or the like, and in order for the operator of the present amusement device to determine whether or not he has engaged or perforated the web 51 in such amanner as to be entitled to a prize of merchandise, he must first press downwardly the push button or web-advancing member 54-|9. When the push button or web-advancing member 54 is pushed downwardly (from full to dotted line position, Fig. 3), the lower end portion of the same engages the pin 29 which works in the slot 30, and the pin 29 being formed as an integral part of the latch keeper 25, thus releases the latch keeper 25 from latching engagement with the hooked end portion 24 of the latch member 22, which is thereupon forced back to its normal or initial position (as in full lines, Fig. 2) by means of the resetting spring 32.

The latch member 22 is thereupon returned to its normal or initial position (as in full lines, Fig.

2) by reason of its resetting spring 32, and this movement of the latch member 22 pivots the member l6 (counterclockwise, from dotted to full line position, Fig. 2) thereby causing the pawl l8 to engage theteeth 29 of the ratchet l9, and thus moving the latter in a counterclockwise direction (Fig. 2). This movement of the ratchet l9 (counterclockwise, Fig. 2) rotates the shaft l1 and the web-advancing roll 56 a corresponding circumferential distance (clockwise, Fig. 3), and

this movement of the web-advancing roll 56 moves the web 51 over the guide roll 58. The guide roll 58 is thus moved (in a clockwise direction, Fig. 3) a circumferential distance equal to the distance from one recess 10 to the next recess in the ratchet wheel 65, and this movement of the web 51 moves the thus perforated portion thereof directly under or into registration with the sight opening which is formed in the top wall 11 of the cabinet i, so that the operator may thus determine whether or not he has perforated or engaged a portion of the web 5! which entitles him to a prize.

When the coin slide I2 is returned to its initial position (right to left, Fig. 2) the tensioned spring member 38 is released and thereupon returns the perforated plate 40 to its normal or initial position (right to left, Fig. 4), and in which position the push buttons or keys 4l-42 cannot be operated by reason of the fact that the perforations in the plate 40 are at this time disposed out of vertical alignment or registration with the stems 4| of the keys 42.

The web-advancing push button or slide bar 54-19 is returned or raised into its normal or full line position (Fig. 3) by action of the resetting spring 15, and when in this position the member 54-'l9 cannot be further operated until the member 49 is moved (left to right, Fig. 4) so as to move the latch dog 53 out of latching engagement with the notched portion 8| in the slide bar 54, and the member 49 and associated parts cannot again be operated until another coin is inserted into the coin slide l2 and the latter is operated.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into efiect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In .an amusement apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet, a web of penetrable material in said cabinet; a plurality of members movably mounted in said cabinet and selectively engageable with said web for perforating the same; and means for advancing the said web so as to move the portion of the same perforated by a preselected one of said members into position to be seen.

2. In an amusement apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet; a web of material in said cabinet; a plurality of members movably mounted in said cabinet and having a portion engageable with said web; and means for advancing said web so as to move the portion of the same engaged by a preselected one of said members into position to be seen.

3. In an amusement apparatus, the combina- 0 tion of: a cabinet including a wall having a sight opening formed therein; a web of material in said cabinet; a bank of members movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet and selectively engageable with said web; and means including a member movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet for advancing the said web so as to move the portion of the same engaged by a preselected one of said bank of members into registration with said sight opening.

4. In an amusement apparatus, the combination of a cabinet including a wall having a sight opening formed therein; a web of penetrable material in said cabinet; a bank of members movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet'and selectively engageable with said web for perforating the same; and means including a member movably mounted in a wall of said cabinet for advancing said web so as to move the portion of said web perforated by a preselected one of said members into registration with said sight opening.

HARRY E. WILLIAMS. 

